Waffle iron



PL F. CROSSAN.

WAFFLE IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. re. 1922.

1,428,476. Pa nt dseptj, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, i322.

siren ageant PATRICK F. CROSSAIT, ALLENTGWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 0F QNE-IHALF TO WILLIAM: J. WARD, U1 ALLENTOW'N PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK F. CROSSAN, of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in athe Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i 1

My invention relates to domestic cooking vessels and more particularly to waflie irons, the object of the invention being to produce a simple and highly efficient article of this class so constructed and arranged as to permit its ready adaptation for'use on gas stoves where the burner for the flame is set high within the frame of the stove as well as with ranges where the coal bed is well down within the stove;

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved waflle iron as used on gas burning stoves. Figure 2 is a sectional view on line'22, Figure 1. Figure 3 is a side elevation showing the waffle iron as supported over the coal burning range. Fig. 4 is a detail cross section of bar 19 and adjacent parts.

My improved cooking utensil includes a base 1, an auxiliary supporting member 2, and a griddle 3. The griddle which constitutes the baking element is formed of two approximately circular and complementary plates 4: and 5 each formed with the usual indentations to give greater radiation of heat and to configurate the cake. A hinge 6 forms the connection between the two plates and extends outwardly beyond the circumference thereof to unevenly distribute the Weight of the griddle and at the same time form a means for maintaining the griddle in its proper'position. This hinge is so constructed as to prevent the plates being spread too far apart in opening for supplying batter or for the removal. of a cake. The griddle is supported for turning movement by oppositely arranged trunnions 7, a projection 8 on the face of each plate forming a ready means with which a fork or other implement may engage for such purpose.

The base 1 is preferably of ring-like form and has its lower portion outwardly flared so that firm bearing may be had on the stove or range, a handle 10 being integrally formed with such base. 12 designates a gripping coil secured to the handle. The upper eugeof th'e'base 1 is recessed at diametrically opposite points 13, so as to form bearings for the trunnions 7 of the griddle when the latter is used on stoves where the fire is well below the top of the stove as indicated. in Figure 3, and'at right angles to such recesses and likewise in diametrical arrangement are cut outs 1 1 to receive and form rests for the hinge 6 which projects from the griddle. i i lhere the waille iron is to be used over a gas blaze, the burner for which is usually set'high within theframe of the stove, it is necessary to elevate the griddle so that it may turn freely, and l attain this end, as shown in Figuresl and 2, by meansqof' an auxiliarysupport 2, fitted to the base 1. This support is intheform of aring and the arrangement of its upper edge is, in the main, similar to the upper edge of the base 1 having diametricallyopposite recesses 16 to receive the trunnions of the griddle, and at right angles thereto, cut outs 17 to receive and form rests for the hinge of the griddle. Downwardly projecting tongues 18 of the auxiliary support are designed to fit in the recesses 13 of the base 1, and ears 19 similarly projecting downwardly from the auX- iiiary support and flared slightly outward are adapted to overlap and close the cut outs 14L of the base 1. These ears are of a length exceeding the depth of the cut outs 14: and of slightly greater width, the outer ends of the ears engaging the metal of the base beneath the cut outs so. as to firmly grip the base. For the purpose of more effectively fastening the auxiliary support and the base the cars at the cornersneXt adjacent the support are undercut, as at 20, to receive the metal at the upper corners of the cut cuts 1 1. If desired a lip 21 may be provided on the auxiliary support to take in a notch 22 of the base as a key to the assembling of the parts.

It will be apparent that T have provided a very simple means for overcoming the objection that the average waffle iron is only adapted for one type of cook stove. The interchangeable arrangement of the parts enables the use of the waflie iron upon a coal range or upon a gas stove, and where used in connection with a gas stove the coupling of the parts is so securely effected as to preclude any likelihood of derangement, the auxiliary support being secured to the base in such manner that the flopping oi the griddle will not jar the parts apart. It is to be noted that the locking of these two parts through the instrumentality of the cars 19 is in a line Where the shock brought about by the turning of the griddle Will have a tendency to force the support downwardly into tighter locking engagement.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a Waiiie iron including a base and a two part hinged griddle adapted to be supported by said base for turning movement thereon, said base having recesses for the trunnions of the dle and cut outs to receive and support the hinge ot' the griddle, means for superimposing the griddle on said base comprising a ring-like support having downwardly projecting tongues fitting within the recesses of said base, and ears overlapping said cut outs and frictionally engaging such base, said support having recesses for the trunnions of the griddle and cut outs to receive and support the hinge of the griddle.

2. In combination with a waule iron including a base and a two part hinged griddle adapted to be supported by said base for turning movement thereon, said base having recesses for the trunnions of the griddle and cut outs to receive and support the hinge of the griddle, means for superimposing the griddle on said base comprising a ring-like support having downwardly projecting tongues fitting Within the recesses of said be e, and ears overlapping said cut outs and irictionally engaging said base, said ears having under-cut portions to receive the metal of the base at the upper corners of said cut outs, said support having recesses for the trunnions of the griddle and cut outs to receive and support the hinge of the griddle.

3. In combination with a waffle iron includinga base and a tWo part hinged griddle adapted to be supported by said base for turning inorement thereon, said base having recesses for the trunnions of the griddle and cut outs to receive and support the hinge of the griddle, means for superimposing the griddle on said base comprising a ring-like support havingdownwardly projecting tongues fitting Within the recesses of said base, and ears overlapping said cut outs and irictionally engaging said base, said ears having undercut portions to receive the metal oi the base at the upper corners of said cut outs, said support having recesses for the trunnions of the griddle in vertical rlinenient with the said tongues and cut outs to receive and support the hinge of the griddle, said cut outs being located above said ears.

in testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

PATRICK F. CROSSAN. 

